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Originally Posted by george ivan
I have a feeling that what Neilhag posted earlier on the lines of this being the tip of the iceberg could be crucial certainly there is still a huge deficit between what the bookies said they had taken on the game (£281,000) and what the players had allegedly bet (some £10,000) this even allowing for the £20,000 they normally take on division 2 games still leaves in my eyes £250,000 unaccounted for.
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wasnt just the players who saw the ridiculous odds on a bury win, it was well known throughout the gambling community and plenty of professional gamblers got their money on bury at those odds, the strange thing was how the betting didnt slow when the bookies realised their error and slashed the odds